Posts Tagged by communism

The Mythical Man-Month Keeps on Giving

I’ve recently been re-reading Fred Brooks’s The Mythical Man-Month for something like the fourth or fifth time. It’s one of those textbooks that’s so well-written and a joy to read it becomes a work of literature. It’s also a book that keeps on giving. Every time I read it I seem to get something new… read more

SourceForge Gives Me a Morality Poser

As an administrator on a SourceForge-based project, I was recently sent this email by SourceForge (SF): SourceForge has project settings to help you comply with regulations governing distribution of software to persons from certain countries (aka Export Controls).  We’ve had some recent questions about these settings, so have sent out this note to all administrators… read more

Myths and Misconceptions: What Open Source ISN'T

The Computer Floss series continues over at YouTube. Here’s what was talked about in episode 2, “Myths and Misconceptions”: A few myths and misconceptions have arisen over the years about what free and open source software actually is. This edition of Computer Floss addresses some of these and spells out what open source isn’t. Myth:… read more